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From: matt@uwvax.UUCP (Matt Thurmaier)
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Subject: Re: Homebuilts
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Date: Sun, 20-Oct-85 20:17:50 EDT
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> > As far as I can see, all the innovation in general aviation
> > nowadays can be directly attributed to the homebuilt industry.
> > Furthermore, the large aviation companies seem to have no
> > interest in building an airplane for the common man.
> 
> Ah, my favorite soapbox subject...   What kind of plane does "the
> common man" want?  Sorry, he doesn't want a 2-place plane with no
> room for luggage nor avionics.  What "the common man" wants is a
> miniature airliner.
> 
> Four to six seats.  Dual Nav/Comm's with ILS/DME/RNAV.  ADF.  LORAN-C.
> Transponder w/altitude encoder.  Backup vacuum and electric supplies for
> the full-gyro panel.  Long range tanks (1000 miles or so).  Huge useful
> load, with uncritical CG limits.  Plush interior, preferably with air
> conditioning.  Two engines would be nice, as would approval for "known
> icing".  Of course, it has to go fast, too.
> 
> In short, he wants an all-weather plane that will get him and his
> family wherever they want to go, as fast as possible, in as much comfort
> as possible.
> 
> Unfortunately, such planes are beyond the financial means of "the common
> man", and so we find ourselves in the current General Aviation "slump".
> -- 
> Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {calcom1,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug

add an rnav and slave those gyros too.  resetting gyros in a thunder-strom
can be a REAL hastle.

"why am I ALWAYS going somewhere?" >>-matt-->
Matthew J. Thurmaier

U of Wisc - Madison, Computer Systems Lab

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"why am I ALWAYS going somewhere?" >>-matt-->
Matthew J. Thurmaier

U of Wisc - Madison, Computer Systems Lab

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